Thursday, February 03, 2005
PAPAL TREASURES TO BE DISPLAYED IN AMERICA
Business Wire reports:
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2005--A three-city '05 -'06 exhibition of Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes, one of the world's largest collection of Vatican art, documents and historical objects to tour North America, is scheduled for public viewing in Montreal, San Antonio and Milwaukee. Based upon the success of the exhibition presented in four U.S. cities in 2003-2004, the objects will return after a period of conservation in Rome.
More than 300 authentic pieces, as well as several reproductions, trace 2000 years of Catholic leadership, beginning with Saint Peter through Pope John Paul II. The objects, including tiaras, sketches, jewelry, vestments, sculptures and gifts to the popes from notables Napoleon and the Dalai Lama, are on loan from the Vatican, the Vatican Museums, the archives of the Propaganda Fide, the Pontifical Sacristy, the Sistine Chapel, Roman churches administered by the Vatican.
Opening, June 4, 2005 at the Basilica de Notre Dame in Montreal, the exhibition will move to San Antonio in October '05 and the Milwaukee in February '06. While the Vatican draws millions of visitors each year to view its art and history, many of these objects have never been on display before, even in Rome.
